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From: Rafael C. Caruso
Date: 2025 Oct 17, 09:23 -0700
I consulted Wikipedia, which makes finding this kind of infromation almost unfairly easy. If all the following is correct, it confirms that the geographic center of the Pacific Ocean and Point Nemo aren't one and the same, as claimed in the legend for the figure posted by Frank Reed, and are actually are quite far apart.
The article about the Pacific Ocean rincludes this sentence: "Its geographic center is in eastern Kiribati south of Kiritimati, just west from Starbuck Island at 4° 58' S 158° 45' W".
The article about the oceanic pole of inaccessibility includes this sentence: "The oceanic pole of inaccessibility, also known as Point Nemo, is located at roughly 48° 52.6' S 123° 23.6' W, and is the place in the ocean that is farthest from land". It goes on to say that it's equally distant from three closest land vertices, which are each roughly 2,688 km (1,670 mi) away. The three vertices are: Pandora Islet in the Pitcairn Islands, Moto Nui near Easter Island, and Maher Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. Point Nemo seems to be the least "fun in the Pacific" location to become a man overboard.
Best, Rafael C.






